VFL Crowds plummeting after just 3 rnds

[Xman]

I wouldve put GWS at blacktown, a place which is definitive of Greater Western Sydney, and built a decent stadium out there. Also would've made sure they didnt have a team full of children playing against men. Not too difficult eh?

But first and foremost i wouldve put a team in darwin.

How would you have mde sure they had a Competitive mature team? Where would these players have come from?

if you need to ask that .. your code was never ready for expansion

I know the answer. I want to know what KEs solution is.

[justanotherleaguefan]

Looks like a smaller crowd today at canberra than there was at Blacktown. LOL@GWS and AFL

[Xman]

Looks like a smaller crowd today at canberra than there was at Blacktown. LOL@GWS and AFL

Sure does. Not surprising given the giants have only a few thousand members there and they are expected to lose handsomely.

[Xman]

Actually the stands behind the camera side look pretty full. I think it's a lot better than what it looks.

Falou just got smashed in a tackle, was very wobbly legged, and needed to be assisted off the ground. Welcome to a game where contact isnt purely expected and predictable izzy.

[King-Eliagh]

where contact isnt purely expected

Now that's just all kinds of dumb right there xmouse. Folou would've taken harder hits in his under 10s RL side. The hit was just a bit awkward.

[Xman]

where contact isnt purely expected

Now that's just all kinds of dumb right there xmouse. Folou would've taken harder hits in his under 10s RL side. The hit was just a bit awkward.

Unlike RL he wasn't prepared for the contact. Simple. And it knocked the big guy around too.

[King-Eliagh]

Unlike RL he wasn't prepared for the contact.

Oh dear, the dumbness continues.

[Xman]

Unlike RL he wasn't prepared for the contact.

Oh dear, the dumbness continues.

What is your issue? Either way it really shaked him up. He either expected it and it was comparable to hits in RL or he didn't expect the contact and wasn't prepared for it.

You reckon you play ARs. You should know contact can be just as physical as RL.

[King-Eliagh]

No wonder crowds are plummeting in the AFL comp. I just watched half of the gws - bulldogs game and it is booooooooriiiingg stuff. I foolishly thought watching two basketcases might be entertaining... ... ...but its not. The skills are so sub par its not funny or exciting and it seems the crowd and people of canberra think the same. Barely any have bothered to turn up and during the half the crowd has noticaebly thinned to almost half what it was at the start of the game. Quite shocking.

And now as I type Julia Gillard claims the AFLs expansion has been done quite smartly. Well we all know whatever ol Julia says and does turns to gold now dont we! Add it to the evidence base highlighting how poorly the AFLs expansion is running.

[Xman]

No wonder crowds are plummeting in the AFL comp. I just watched half of the gws - bulldogs game and it is booooooooriiiingg stuff. I foolishly thought watching two basketcases might be entertaining... ... ...but its not. The skills are so sub par its not funny or exciting and it seems the crowd and people of canberra think the same. Barely any have bothered to turn up and during the half the crowd has noticaebly thinned to almost half what it was at the start of the game. Quite shocking.

And now as I type Julia Gillard claims the AFLs expansion has been done quite smartly. Well we all know whatever ol Julia says and does turns to gold now dont we! Add it to the evidence base highlighting how poorly the AFLs expansion is running.

I bet the crowd is comparable to many raiders games, a team based in the city.

The giants have been more than competitive! These kids are going to get better quickly, and be scary good in 4 or 5 years! Then we will see what support they can muster in Western Sydney.

[justanotherleaguefan]

Its amateur hour out there, pathetic

[Xman]

The suns and giants were always going to take a number of years to develop a decent team. The alternative would be not to expand at all. But realistically in 10yrs time when they are both in or near the 8 the consensus will be that the early years of development were necessary and well and truly worth it.

[King-Eliagh]

Its amateur hour out there, pathetic

And it just continues. Even the biased commentators are saying "both teams are ordinary out there". And its true. Looks not too dissimilar to the sydney division 4 comp.

[King-Eliagh]

The giants have been more than competitive! These kids are going to get better quickly, and be scary good in 4 or 5 years! Then we will see what support they can muster in Western Sydney.

You idiot, the western bulldogs are the 5th basketcase tanker team. Of course the giants were going to be able to be competitive against them! Its just been dreadful footy all day out there. The commentators sound bored.

[King-Eliagh]

Commentator "They're kicking 10metre kicks to 50 50 contests" Awful stuff, thanks alot AFL, for ruining professional footy in aus